Salsa & Argentine Tango this week plus Glastonbury available to book

Name: Learn To Dance
Price range: $$

18th October 2026

Classes this week will be recapping the Salsa and looking at Argentine Tango.

You’ll be pleased to know that all toilets are now available, though there will still be some work being completed over the course of this week.

Last weekend saw a number of our students trying competitive dancing for the first time. Given that we had less than two months of preparation time we were really happy with how everyone performed, and we look forward to seeing what progress they can make before the next comp in May. We’ll have a full update, along with some photos/videos up soon.

There’s no FitSteps class this week, all other classes are running as normal this week.

Finally our Glastonbury dance break is now available to book, and you can save £15pp if you book before 30th November.

⭐ Antony & Emma’s tip of the week
Argentine Tango is about the communication between yourself and your partner. Pay attention to where both of your body weights are and listen for when each move has been completed.

What we’ve been dancing

Salsa
- Beginner – Basics, Underarm Turn to Right, Double Opening Outs
- Improver – Cross Body Lead
- Improver 2 – Leader turn to Right, Cross Body Open, Leader’s Underarm Turn to Right into the Cross Body Lead
- Improver 3 – Rotating Chasses, Opening Outs in Closed Hold, Checking the Opening Outs
- Intermediate 1 – Cross Body Lead with Inside Turn
- Intermediate 2 – Leader’s Check & Spin to Left during Cross Body Lead, Checked ‘Hockey Stick’, “Octopus Arms”
- Advanced – Arm Breaker and variations
- Over 50s – Cross Body Lead, Leader’s Underarm Turn to Right leading into the Cross Body Lead
Beginner Salsa Course – Cucaracha, Salsa Basic, Underarm Turn to Right
Nightclub Two-Step Course – Inward Turn during Basic Turning to Left, Opening Outs
“Pot Luck” Course – Cha Cha Cha from Glastonbury 2024: Open Basic, Curl, Hockey Stick, Continuous Lock

What’s on the schedule this week

Around The Studio

Temporary Toilets

The toilet refurbishments are almost complete we’re told, and all toilets are now back in use.

There may still be some work being completed this week but otherwise all should be available for use.

Hopefully the footballers will treat them with respect and we will have nice clean toilets for years to come.

A Fantastic First Qualifier for Team Learn To Dance!

Last Sunday saw a group of Learn To Dance students take part in the NATD Medallist of the Year qualifier in Reading — and for what was essentially our first proper “dry run” at offering competition dancing, we couldn’t have been happier with how it went.

With less than two months to prepare, our students competed across a range of ages and grades in Ballroom and Latin. We had category wins, podium places and some tougher results too, but every single student gained valuable competition experience and represented Learn To Dance brilliantly.

Best of all, every one of our competitors qualified for the NATD Medallist of the Year Grand Finals in Blackpool next July! A huge congratulations to everyone who danced, and thank you to all the students who came along to watch and support. We’ll be sharing a full write-up, results, photos and videos later this week.

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Room full of dancers preparing to start dancing in a ballroom hold

‘Pot Luck’ Weekly Course

Pot Luck this week was one of the requests, Cha Cha Cha from Glastonbury 2024.

You can see what you missed on our instagram link below.

Remember you can attend any week of this course for £10pp, and you can book into individual weeks online.

We’ve had a couple of other requests, but if there’s any routines you’d like to see again let us know.

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Upcoming Events

Glastonbury Dance Weekend 2027 – Argentine Tango – bookings now open!

Join us at The Wessex Hotel, Street, Somerset from Friday 12th–Sunday 14th March 2027 for a weekend of dancing, dinner, bed & breakfast, social dancing and Argentine Tango workshops.

This year’s Saturday night theme is Black & Red.

£245pp, or £230pp Early Bird when booked and paid in full by 30th November 2026.

Double, twin and a limited number of single rooms are available.

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If you have any questions about anything coming up, please just ask.